The signal is shifting: What Africa’s changing media landscape means for communicators
There is a quiet revolution happening across Africa, and most communications professionals are either behind it or barely ahead of…
Theme: Democracy
New Neo-Nazi Web Forum “Fash Front” Reinvigorating Violent Accelerationist Movement
As the U.S. continues to dismantle its domestic security infrastructure and ignore the threat posed by far-right extremists, the followers…
Will Washington Lose a Model Ally in Europe?
The Trump administration continuously hails Poland as a model ally and an example for other countries in Europe. From its…
RULE OF LAW: reforms in Poland and Hungary – interview with Jakub Jaraczewski
In the 11th episode of Przez Pryzmat ‘Through the Prism’ a podcast on the context behind contemporary politics, Jakub Jaraczewski,…
Afrobarometer Annual Report 2025
Amid shifts in the global funding landscape, Afrobarometer adapted by securing new institutional support and establishing a resiliency fund to…
Who gets to lead, anyway? Transforming the systems that decide
The rollback of women’s rights is an integral feature of democratic decline. It is a recession indicator: where women’s rights contract, democracy is already…
Freedom in the World Report 2026
The Freedom in the World report is composed of numerical ratings and supporting descriptive texts for 195 countries and 13…
Deliberative democracy in Africa: Outcomes and takeaways from our 2025 convening in Banjul, The Gambia
In October 2025, DemocracyNext hosted a convening in Banjul, The Gambia, with a group of facilitators, academics, civil society actors,…
People Powered: Impact Report 2025
In a year when it was easy to feel cynical about politics, People Powered experienced something else: people wanted, more…
Voices of Change – Gen Z protests from the YDC lens
Across the world, the new generation is taking a stand. From Burkina Faso to Bangladesh, Peru to Morocco, young people…